1. Lord, you are the God who saves me;day and night I cry out to you.
2. May my prayer come before you;turn your ear to my cry.
3. I am overwhelmed with troublesand my life draws near to death.
4. I am counted among those who go down to the pit;I am like one without strength.
5. I am set apart with the dead,like the slain who lie in the grave,whom you remember no more,who are cut off from your care.